French Revolution

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  • The publication of the Leviathan by Hobbes

    The publication of the Leviathan by Hobbes

    Leviathan or The Matter, Forme and Power of a Common-Wealth Ecclesiasticall and Civil, commonly referred to as Leviathan, is a book written by Thomas Hobbes and published in 1651. Its name derives from the biblical Leviathan.
  • The publication of the Social Contract by Rousseau

    The publication of the Social Contract by Rousseau

    The Social Contract, originally published as On the Social Contract; or, Principles of Political Rights by Jean-Jacques Rousseau, is a 1762 book in which Rousseau theorized about the best way to establish
  • The Declaration of Independence

    The Declaration of Independence

    The United States Declaration of Independence is the pronouncement adopted by the Second Continental Congress meeting at the Pennsylvania State House in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
  • Jacques Necker was assigned as Finance Minister

    Jacques Necker was assigned as Finance Minister

    was a banker of Genevan origin who became a finance minister for Louis XVI and a French statesman. Necker played a key role in French history before and during the first period of the French Revolution.